Manchester City flexed their enormous muscles at Eastlands tonight
to delight the man who made it all possible and deliver their biggest
beating of Liverpool since 1937.
Sheikh Mansour could not have picked a better night to watch the
team he has spent £1 billion on in a league game for the first
time.
With James Milner enjoying an outstanding debut, City were far
too good for a Liverpool side who have a week to get themselves
into some sort of shape given Javier Mascherano's absence seems
like the next step in a big-money move to Barcelona.
Milner set up Gareth Barry for City's opener before Carlos Tevez
claimed to have got a touch to Micah Richards' goalbound header
just after half-time.
A brilliant double save from Joe Hart snuffed out any chance of
a revival before Tevez sent Pepe Reina the wrong way from the spot
after Martin Skrtel had fouled Adam Johnson.
It capped a performance that proves City have the credentials and
the talent to win the biggest prize they can this season, if manager
Roberto Mancini can keep his vast squad happy. |
